Tag Archives: Blog

Leave a Comment (Tell the blogger what you think)

After reading a post, the reader has the opportunity to comment.  Just type a response in the box at the end of the article.  In many blogs, the back and forth between blogger and bloggee is part of the attraction.  … Continue reading

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Share / Save (Like an article? Send it to someone)

At the end of every post you see a bar that says Share/Save followed by little symbols.  This feature allows the reader to share this blog with other people or make it easy to find again later.  Hover the cursor … Continue reading

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Photos (Hover the cursor over the picture to see the second caption)

Photos on this blog all include a title and a caption.  The caption is plainly visible beneath the picture.  To see the title, which I often write to be  a second caption, hover the cursor over the photo itself.  I … Continue reading

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Click the Title (To read the whole post)

Sometimes when you arrive at a post, you won’t be able to see the full article.  On the home page, for example, you may see just the first paragraph or two.  When you click a category under the Categories list … Continue reading

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Tabs/Pages (The Blog’s Guideposts)

These are across the top of the page, directly beneath the header.  The tabs are guideposts for this blog: they point the way to the various content.  You could also think of them as a high tower.  Climb up (click … Continue reading

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Categories (Buckets for articles with similar topics)

Categories – These are listed along the right-hand column of the page.  Maybe you don’t want to read about literary events or memorizing poems.  Perhaps, you only are interested in one topic I write about, like my life in Bombay … Continue reading

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Let’s Pop Open the Hood

Finally, here’s a manual for how to use and get the most out of this blog.  Starting today, I’m going to pop open the hood to show you what makes this baby tick.  Some, perhaps younger The Life Literary readers, … Continue reading

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Posts (A blog’s building block; the individual articles)

A post is the basic element of a blog.  It’s a specific article or essay or picture or other item I publish to the The Life Literary.  You can see the one I did most recently directly under the picture (called the … Continue reading

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Con-TENT with CON-tent

I was chatting with my Policy Adviser and Technical Facilitator for The Life Literary (aka my oldest son).  We were chatting via email about this and that, family stuff as well as blog issues.  We discussed how I might eventually increase The Life Literary‘s … Continue reading

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Pen to paper

The first step: pen to paper.  Even if it’s lousy (because it might not be).  Write it down.  Get started.

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